Posts tagged Mystery
Devil
Apr 20th
Devil
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Writers: Brian Nelson & M. Night Shyamalan
Release Year: 2010
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Detective Bowden is still brokenhearted for his wife’s and son’s death from a hit-and-run five years before. He’s sent to investigate a suicidal person who jumped off from the top of a skyscraper onto a truck.
In the meantime five strangers are trapped in an elevator in the building where the jumper committed suicide. Communication in the elevator is out of order but the guards, watch the individuals via CCTV as events develop. Tensions in the elevator are high, so Lustig calls the police and Detective Bowden takes the case. With no way to contact the trapped persons he tries to work out who they are and realizes he can only account for four of them. Time is running out for the trapped in the elevator as Bowden realizes he has to get them out quickly.
Albert’s Review: “One of the best Horror movies for 2010”
Rating: 
(7.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “A very good film with a surprising ending”
Rating: (7.5/10)
Rosemary’s Baby
Nov 28th
Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Ira Levin & Roman Polanski
Release Year: 1968
Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery
Guy Woodhouse and his wife Rosemary move into a dream apartment, but they don’t know about the bad reputation of the building. They make friends with the neighbors which are an elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castevet. Guy begins to spend a lot of time with them. Weird things start to happen like that of the mysterious death of a woman Rosemary meets in the washroom, Rosemary has strange dreams and starts to hear strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Rosemary falls pregnant and she starts to suspect that her neighbors have special plans for her baby.
Albert’s Review: “A 60’s Horror movie Classic, if you ike horror movies from that era you must watch it.”
Rating: (8/10)
Nadia’s Review: “A great film that keeps you on the edge to see the whole film.”
Rating: (7/10)
The Grudge
Nov 21st
The Grudge
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Writers: Stephen Susco & Takashi Shimizu (film “Ju-On: The Grudge”)
Release Year: 2004
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
After Yoko didn’t show up for work, Karen Davis (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an American exchange Nurse-student living in Tokyo with her boyfriend. Karen is sent to check on Emma an American old lady, who recently moved to Japan with her son, daughter and daughter in-law Jennifer. Karen is distressed by the old lady’s unusual behavior, she never talks and sleeps throughout the day. Karen fids out that the house is haunted by a curse, a curse that will kill anyone who enters the house. After numerous horrendous deaths, she finds herself locked in a race against time to save herself from the curse of the The Grudge.
Albert’s Review: “This movie scares the shit out of me every time I see it, one of the best horror movies produced lately”
Rating: (8.5/10)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Nov 20th
Book of Shadows
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writers: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Release Year: 2000
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Jeffrey a man from Burkitsville, Maryland wants to make money on all of the hype from the first movie. He opens a “Blair Witch Hunt” tour, which shows clients different locations from the original movie. A group of college students decide to take the tour, and end up in Rustin Parr’s house. The group decide to camp for the night, but in the morning they find out they didn’t sleep at all and they forgot anything that happened the previous evening. The group go back to town but they brought something with them.
Albert’s Review: “It’s an ok movie but nothing compared with the previous one.”
Rating: (5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “I expected more from this film, considering that it was the second one and the first film was very much better even the plot.”
Rating: (5/10)
The Blair Witch Project
Nov 20th
The Blair Witch Project
Director: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Writers: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Release Year: 1999
Genre: Horror | Mystery
Heather Donahue, Joshua ‘Josh’ Leonard & Michael Williams three film students go to Maryland to make a documentary about a local urban legend called ‘The Blair Witch’. They went into the Maryland woods on a two-day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. A year after their disappearance, the student’s footage was found in the woods. The video was compiled and made into a movie.
Albert’s Review: “One of the most famous and original horror movies in the late nineties. Great movie.”
Rating: (7.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “A great film, leaving you with doubts whether it was real or not since the acting especially of the female main actor was incredible.”
Rating: (7/10)
The Thing
Sep 25th
The Thing
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John W. Campbell Jr. (story) & Bill Lancaster (screenplay)
Release Year: 1982
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A group of Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog interrupt an American scientific expedition in Antarctica. The Norwegians helicopter that was chasing the dog crashes and both the pilot and shooter are killed, which leads to no explanation for the chase. The American Scientists give the dog shelter, but during the night it mutates, attacks other dogs in the cage and a members of the team. The scientist realizes that an alien life form with the skill to take over other bodies is on the loose so they can’t trust anybody, as anybody could be the alien.
Albert’s Review: “A great 80’s Horror movie, the story is quite entertaining and the effects are great considering the limitations they had in the 80’s.”
Rating: (7.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “Quite a good film considering that the film was produced in 1982 and in those days there was no help of computerized features like nowadays!”
Rating: (7/10)
Malevolence
Sep 11th
Malevolence
Director: Stevan Mena
Writers: Stevan Mena
Release Year: 2005
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery
The movie’s story is based ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Martin a six year old was taken from his backyard swing, he was not killed but forced to witness the disgusting crimes of a deranged madman. No one knew where Martin was taken. The story takes us to a bank robbery, which goes wrong for felons Julian, Marylin and Kurt. They spread out to meet up later at a vacant house in the middle of nowhere. Due to the circumstances they have to take Samantha and her young daughter Courtney as hostages. The group has no idea that the house they’ve chosen for their shelter is about to become a hunting ground with them as the prey.
Albert’s Review: “Cheesy sound effects and music + some unprofessional acting are tedious, but the story was ok.”
Rating: (4.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “This film did not have any interesting twists but it still can keep the general audience interested.”
Rating: (5.5/10)
One Missed Call
Sep 5th
One Missed Call
Director: Eric Valette
Writers: Andrew Klavan (screenplay), Yasushi Akimoto (novel) & Minako Daira (screenplay)
Release Year: 2008
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Beth Raymond is horrified by the deaths of four of her friends. Three of them she personally witnessed, when they received disturbing phone calls apparently from themselves in the future which showed the exact time of their deaths. A small red candy is found in the victim’s mouth after they die. When Beth reports these weird occurrences to the police, they think she is delirious. The only one to believe her was Detective Jack Andrews, stating that his sister died in a similar way. Jack and Beth begin to unravel the mystery of these calls. Will they figure it out before Beth’s phone starts to ring the same creepy tune?
Albert’s Review: “One Missed Call is a remake of the Japanese horror film “Chakushin Ari”. To say the truth, I expected more but it’s still worth watching.”
Rating: (6/10)
Nadia’s Review: “Good film with an original plot.”
Rating: (6/10)
After.Life
Aug 28th
After.Life
Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Writers: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Paul Vosloo & Jakub Korolczuk
Release Year: 2009
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Horror
After fighting with her boyfriend and a terrible car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up in a funeral home where the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) is preparing her body for her funeral. Anna feels puzzled, frightened and feeling still alive. Anna still cannot believe she’s dead even though the funeral director reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. He tells her he has the gift to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. She’s trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, at this point Anna has to accept her own death. Paul (Justin Long) Anna’s boyfriend is still not convinced that she’s dead and he becomes suspicious of Eliot. Will Paul manage to find out if Anna is still alive or not?
Albert’s Review: “Good movie keeps you on the edge and confused all the time. Good ending as well!”
Rating: (7.5/10)
Nadia’s Review: “I liked the film, keeps you on the edge hoping that it has a good ending”
Rating: (8/10)
Thir13en Ghosts | Thirteen (13) Ghosts
Jul 25th
Thir13en Ghosts
Director: Steve Beck
Writers: Robb White & Benjamin Carr
Release Year: 2001
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
The Kriticos family moved in but the evil ghosts won’t move out in this special effects spectacular update of William Castle’s classic.
The Kriticos family inherits a stunning house from an weird uncle Cyrus Kriticos without knowing nothing of its own dangerous plan. Trapped in their new home by shifting glass walls, a father, daughter and a son encounter powerful and vengeful ghosts that threaten to destroy anyone in their path. An unusual ghost hunter who is determined to free the spirits imprisoned in the house joins the family.
They are caught in a frantic race to save themselves before it is too late, the human residents realise the house is a puzzle which contains the key to their imminent salvation…or death.
Albert’s Review: “I found this horror movie quite entertaining and the ghosts in it are really cool. I can’t say it’s a classic but it’s worth watching.”
Rating: (7/10)
Nadia’s Review: “I found this film quite fascinating, I personally liked the idea and theme, very original indeed.”
Rating: (9/10)
